This . . .
I am not in favor of this $700 billion bail out.
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That . . .
I admit that I don't really understand what all is involved, but $700 billion dollars is a lot of money and I hate the thought of the government being in charge of how to spend it.
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This is That . . .
Here is my idea.
Jubilee.
Just wipe the slate clean. All debt would be cancelled, every mortgage marked paid.
This would help all the lenders with "bad paper" because they wouldn't have to worry about collecting all that bad debt.
I would vote for the guy or gal who could get that one done.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
God is good.
This . . .
There are some really amazing actors and actresses in Hollywood. They often times take on rolls of very good, moral, decent human beings and make them totally believable.
Obviously very good acting.
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That . . .
It is standard to turn something clockwise to tighten and counter-clockwise to loosen.
So why is it that the tie on a loaf of bread is just the opposite?
I think this is done to confuse children and old men. *
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This is That . . .
I have been a Christian for as long as I can remember. I accepted Christ when I was about five years old with my mother sitting on the edge of my bed in Colby, Kansas. She told me the stories of the Bible and prayed with me; and with a childlike faith I just believed and have kept on believing.
There was a time after high school that I found myself living a life less than pleasing to the Lord.
I never left Him and He for sure never left me, but I was living a life of compromise. I looked around and realized that none of my friends were Christians. I wanted to change, but I didn't know how to get from where I was to where I needed to be.
I remember praying one night for God to make a way and rescue me. I prayed not really believing that He would, but God was listening.
Six months later, I found myself married, living in Lake Village, Arkansas, leading a group of Methodist youth, and surrounded by Christian people. I didn't hardly know anyone who was not a believer in Jesus.
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God is in the process of answering that prayer again for a friend of mine.
I can only say, "God you are good." And my desire is to Praise You..
Bless the Lord, Oh my soul. Let all that is within me bless your Holy name. For you have done great things. You forgive all my sins and heal all of my diseases.
My desire is to love you rightly and give you great praise.
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I sat down next to one of seven sisters at a Benny Hinn conference about six years ago.
I was facing divorce. I was hurting and confused, but clinging to Jesus. I desperately needed to hear from God. Before driving to Birmingham, my son Taylor had given me a little note book to encourage me to journal.
Here is what I wrote concerning a word from the Lord given to me by the sweet, young Christian I found myself sitting by.
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Then she said to me . . .
"God showed me a dishrag that was being rung out.
The dishrag is you.
What the devil has meant for bad, God is using for good.
God is re-arranging your furniture.
Your furniture is your life, your home, your family.
He is putting your house in order.
When you re-decorate, things always get more chaotic before they get better.
The end result will be a beautiful arrangement.
This re-arrangement is for you and your family.
Trust God and He will arrange you into His perfect will."
I wanted to hear from God, and he set me down next to a prophet.
God is good.
.
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(* Old women don't even notice.)
There are some really amazing actors and actresses in Hollywood. They often times take on rolls of very good, moral, decent human beings and make them totally believable.
Obviously very good acting.
.
That . . .
It is standard to turn something clockwise to tighten and counter-clockwise to loosen.
So why is it that the tie on a loaf of bread is just the opposite?
I think this is done to confuse children and old men. *
.
This is That . . .
I have been a Christian for as long as I can remember. I accepted Christ when I was about five years old with my mother sitting on the edge of my bed in Colby, Kansas. She told me the stories of the Bible and prayed with me; and with a childlike faith I just believed and have kept on believing.
There was a time after high school that I found myself living a life less than pleasing to the Lord.
I never left Him and He for sure never left me, but I was living a life of compromise. I looked around and realized that none of my friends were Christians. I wanted to change, but I didn't know how to get from where I was to where I needed to be.
I remember praying one night for God to make a way and rescue me. I prayed not really believing that He would, but God was listening.
Six months later, I found myself married, living in Lake Village, Arkansas, leading a group of Methodist youth, and surrounded by Christian people. I didn't hardly know anyone who was not a believer in Jesus.
.
God is in the process of answering that prayer again for a friend of mine.
I can only say, "God you are good." And my desire is to Praise You..
Bless the Lord, Oh my soul. Let all that is within me bless your Holy name. For you have done great things. You forgive all my sins and heal all of my diseases.
My desire is to love you rightly and give you great praise.
.
I sat down next to one of seven sisters at a Benny Hinn conference about six years ago.
I was facing divorce. I was hurting and confused, but clinging to Jesus. I desperately needed to hear from God. Before driving to Birmingham, my son Taylor had given me a little note book to encourage me to journal.
Here is what I wrote concerning a word from the Lord given to me by the sweet, young Christian I found myself sitting by.
.
Then she said to me . . .
"God showed me a dishrag that was being rung out.
The dishrag is you.
What the devil has meant for bad, God is using for good.
God is re-arranging your furniture.
Your furniture is your life, your home, your family.
He is putting your house in order.
When you re-decorate, things always get more chaotic before they get better.
The end result will be a beautiful arrangement.
This re-arrangement is for you and your family.
Trust God and He will arrange you into His perfect will."
I wanted to hear from God, and he set me down next to a prophet.
God is good.
.
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(* Old women don't even notice.)
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Persecution of Believers
This . . .
I am going to ramble, and hopefully something will make sense.
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It's all about Jesus and his leadership of individuals, this country and the world.
He knows where we are going and how to get us there.
He is sovereign.
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John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
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Jesus was in the beginning. It was all about Him then, it is all about Him now, and it will be all about Him forever.
He is GOD and He is GOOD.
He has huge plans for his sons and daughters and this place called earth and we are only at the beginning of the beginning.
Things are going to get worse and worse, and then really, really GOOD when Jesus is King.
Trouble is coming.
A great pouring out of the power of God is coming.
God is going to shake everything that can be shaken because of His great love for us.
The purpose of the shaking will be to draw us together and to bring us to the deepest level of love for the God of our salvation.
This is no time to hold back and wait til another day.
Wholeheartedness is required.
Come on!
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That . . .
Stinkin' thinkin' quote of the day.
"I don't think the US is ready for a vice-president who speaks in tongues, believes Jesus is coming back, the rapture, and all that other Bible stuff".
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I don't think we are ready either.
Lukewarm Christianity is going to get harder and harder .
Believers everywhere are going to be forced off of the fence on one side or the other. and that would be me.
When CNN puts a microphone to your mouth and says, "Do you really believe that Jesus is the only way to be saved?" what will you say.
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This is That . . .
Christianity is being persecuted in the United States. We are no longer one nation under God.
The time to stand up against powers and principalities by using the weapons of our warfare is now.
It is time for believers everywhere to take hands in unity and pray.
That is not just a cute, warm fuzzy, that is reality.
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Ephesians 6: 10-20
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— 19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
I am going to ramble, and hopefully something will make sense.
.
It's all about Jesus and his leadership of individuals, this country and the world.
He knows where we are going and how to get us there.
He is sovereign.
.
John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
.
Jesus was in the beginning. It was all about Him then, it is all about Him now, and it will be all about Him forever.
He is GOD and He is GOOD.
He has huge plans for his sons and daughters and this place called earth and we are only at the beginning of the beginning.
Things are going to get worse and worse, and then really, really GOOD when Jesus is King.
Trouble is coming.
A great pouring out of the power of God is coming.
God is going to shake everything that can be shaken because of His great love for us.
The purpose of the shaking will be to draw us together and to bring us to the deepest level of love for the God of our salvation.
This is no time to hold back and wait til another day.
Wholeheartedness is required.
Come on!
.
That . . .
Stinkin' thinkin' quote of the day.
"I don't think the US is ready for a vice-president who speaks in tongues, believes Jesus is coming back, the rapture, and all that other Bible stuff".
.
I don't think we are ready either.
Lukewarm Christianity is going to get harder and harder .
Believers everywhere are going to be forced off of the fence on one side or the other. and that would be me.
When CNN puts a microphone to your mouth and says, "Do you really believe that Jesus is the only way to be saved?" what will you say.
.
This is That . . .
Christianity is being persecuted in the United States. We are no longer one nation under God.
The time to stand up against powers and principalities by using the weapons of our warfare is now.
It is time for believers everywhere to take hands in unity and pray.
That is not just a cute, warm fuzzy, that is reality.
.
Ephesians 6: 10-20
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— 19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Fresh Kansas Air
This . . .
I remember going to a cattle auction with my grandpa Jay when I was about eight years old.
He told me I had to remain perfectly still because, "Around here, you can scratch your nose and buy a cow".
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That . . .
My dad was always thinking of ways to make money by selling this, that or the other.
In the early 1960's smog and pollution were in the news, particularly in the big cities.
But we didn't have any clean air problems in Colby, Kansas.
So Dad figured that we in Western Kansas had something the big cities needed and wanted . . . a breath of fresh air.
He got a machine that could easily seal a top on a tin can, made a label that said Western Kansas Clean Air, and added instuctions to open quickly and breathe deep.
I really think it was a good novelty idea, but we didn't have the marketing to make it happen.
I still have an unopened can of 1960 Kansas Clean Air.
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This is That . . .
I just heard someone say this on TV, "Palin is just a gimmick to rally together right wing Republican Christians, she has nothing to do with moderate, 'normal' Americans."
Just like "Viva Viagra", this makes me want to puke.
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Sarah Palin is like a breath of "Fresh Kansas Air" to the whole political process.
It would be great to take a little of what she has, put it in a can, and market it to "Normal " Americans everywhere.
I remember going to a cattle auction with my grandpa Jay when I was about eight years old.
He told me I had to remain perfectly still because, "Around here, you can scratch your nose and buy a cow".
.
That . . .
My dad was always thinking of ways to make money by selling this, that or the other.
In the early 1960's smog and pollution were in the news, particularly in the big cities.
But we didn't have any clean air problems in Colby, Kansas.
So Dad figured that we in Western Kansas had something the big cities needed and wanted . . . a breath of fresh air.
He got a machine that could easily seal a top on a tin can, made a label that said Western Kansas Clean Air, and added instuctions to open quickly and breathe deep.
I really think it was a good novelty idea, but we didn't have the marketing to make it happen.
I still have an unopened can of 1960 Kansas Clean Air.
.
This is That . . .
I just heard someone say this on TV, "Palin is just a gimmick to rally together right wing Republican Christians, she has nothing to do with moderate, 'normal' Americans."
Just like "Viva Viagra", this makes me want to puke.
.
Sarah Palin is like a breath of "Fresh Kansas Air" to the whole political process.
It would be great to take a little of what she has, put it in a can, and market it to "Normal " Americans everywhere.
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